Whoa. What a week. I don't know about you, but I'm ready for the weekend. Let's get it started with this weekend's links.

A 30,000-Volume Window on the World
FOR the last seven years, I’ve lived in an old stone presbytery in France, south of the Loire Valley, in a village of fewer than 10 houses. I chose the place because next to the 15th-century house itself was a barn, partly torn down centuries ago, large enough to accommodate my library of some 30,000 books, assembled over six itinerant decades. I knew that once the books found their place, I would find mine.

AncientWeb.org
The Ancient web is an online resource for Students, Teachers, and anyone interested in the cultures of the ancient world. Below is a list of the current ancient sites included in this online portal.

WorldWide Telescope
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.